Final Quilt Club Meeting of the Year

 I had to make sure I took everything required for our final quilt club meeting of the year.  Into my bag went a wrapped fat quarter, batik blocks stitched for the block draw, an item for the food bank, and something for show and tell.  I hoped I had remembered everything.  We were welcomed to the hall with a glass of bubbly grape juice, that was a nice touch.  There was a basket for the fat quarters, and a box for donations for the food bank.  Raffle tickets were purchased, and our batik blocks were handed over and hung on the wall.  They looked stunning, all pinned up.  Mmm, I'd rather like to win them, I thought to myself.

Batik blocks made by club members

It certainly was a fun night and we started off with a couple of games of Skittles.  Plastic bottles were arranged and we used Jelly Rolls as the ball.  One through each, to see who could knock the most over.  Mine missed completely, as did several others.  You could tell which ladies had down serious bowling , their concentration and arm action certainly got results.  Kay was the best dressed elf and she was running around rearranging the bottles, with Sandra's help, after each throw.   Don't you just love her stripy stockings!

Who's a cute little elf, then!

Then we were all put into a circle, with a fat quarter in hand and listened to a story being read out.  Whenever the words left or right were used, and they were used very quickly as the story progressed, those fat quarters changed hands very rapidly.  At the story's end, we kept the parcel we had in our hand.  That was a lot of fun.

The raffles were drawn, no, nothing for me, but my name was called out as the winner of the batik quilt blocks, all 74 of them!  How wonderful.

There was some show and tell, I took along my recently completed memory tablecloth from my Far North trip, and then supper.  And what a wonderful supper it was.  Home made meringues, strawberries and cream.  A delicious home baked Christmas cake, and fruit mince pies - a delightful Christmas supper indeed.  It was a very special night, and thanks to the committee for their hard work in putting it all together.